Description

This workshop will be explore the different options available for establishing online extensions of one's classrooms. We will look at static "web 1.0" webpage options as well as interactive "web 2.0" structures (wikis, MOODLE, blogs, Google Docs). The goal is to review the different options, discuss certain discipline/classroom goals and purposes, and then begin the work of moving towards a vision for your own classroom.

The Web 1.0 Classroom Presence

A Web "1.0" classroom presence looks and feels like a traditional website. It is a site created by the teacher to share information. The static versus dynamic nature of the site is dependent on how frequently the teacher updates the site.

The creation of web pages like these has become increasingly easier; however, the platforms used (First Class, iWeb, Dreamweaver) provide very different "look and feel" to the sites, and they can be rather clunky and laborious for anything more than occasional updates.

Examples

Lower School

First Class

• Jeff Morton
• Rozzie Bird
• Brooke Hight
• Donna Becker

iWeb

• Stephanie Bullock
• Donna Becker

Middle School

First Class (Homework posting only)

• Maria Croley

iWeb

• Linc Ashby
• Julie Fleming

Upper School

First Class

• Bernadette May-Beaver
• Angela Mitchell
• Jim Crowley

Dreamweaver

• Sue Wingate

The Web 2.0 Classroom Presence

When we use the term "web 2.0" we are referring to the evolution of the web to something that supports user-generated content. It is oft referred to as the "social web." An educator can now harness the web not just to deliver content (go paperless). He or she can now build a classroom community online that will expand the opportunities for student, teacher, and potentially "outside the garden wall" to research, connect, collaborate, reflect and create. Some of the tools that support this kind of classroom extension also provide easy-to-use, dynamic spaces for classroom resources and teacher-generated content.

Examples

Lower School

• Bullock Blog

Middle School

• GeoPost
• Darmo Math
• Gebel Math
• Endangered Species
• English 7 Blue >
• English 7 Blogs
• 8th Grade Science
• Mallet French

Upper School

• Rick Chase, Asian Studies
• Betty Hu, Chinese
• Randy Murphy, Math
• Marsha Little, Math
• Tina Davis, Science
• Lynnae Boudreau, Math
• Jonathan Newman, English

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Tools to Consider for Web 2.0 Presence and Beyond

• Wikispaces
• Blog
• MOODLE
• Ning
• Second Life